carsong

I have a 2006 GT and my brother has a 2005 convertible. Both of us are having a problem with the "leather" material on the inside of the doors pulling out. We try to tuck it back in, but there really isn't enough material to do it so it will stay. We've tried gluing it, but it doesn't last. My brother has a friend that has a 2006 or '07, and he has the same problem. Is this common? Does anyone have any advise?
Also, my car is black. It has to be the worst paint ever. The slightest scrap goes straight through to the metal. The front end is just covered with chips that are through to metal. My brother has a Windmere (?) blue Mustang. His paint doesn't do this at all, and we drive the same roads. It this just the nature of black paint?
Otherwise, I absolutely love my GT.

mustangspotential

See this thread:

https://mustangforums.com/forum/2005...gging-fix.html

As far as the paint goes, I'm not sure, but black is always harder to maintain than pretty much any other color. Black cars look FANTASTIC when detailed well. When they're not, they look awful, IMO.

Derf00

Op good luck with that fix. It's only temporary (few weeks to a couple of months). Been there done that on two vehicles.

The reason is that the underlying foam backing has disintegrated. That foam is what allows the two different materials to expand and contract at different rates. When you glue the leatherette material directly to the door panel that expansion contraction will repull the material off the door panel.

The real fixes are these.
1) Take the panels to an upholstery shop. They will put new leatherette and foam material back on the panel (like OEM).

2) Replace the leatherette with any type of cloth material. Cloth is much more forgiving than plastic (leatherette) material.

My sons friend had the issue and had his professionally done after we tried the fix ourselves. No more problems and it's been through a hot AZ summer and now freezing temps without problems.

My daughters Escape has similar issues. I tried the fix and finally used gray speaker carpet that is the same shade. It too has been through the hot summer and now dealing with freezing temps. ZERO problems.

whosniffedme

Wouldn't say that's a temporary fix, mine's been holding up over a year now.

hootie_john

When done properly, ie - remove all the old foam backing and using a good quality contact cement - it is better than factory.

Nuke

+1 on this (they beat me to it...):
https://mustangforums.com/forum/2005...gging-fix.html

The search feature really WILL work, if used.

americaniron

When done right you can fix it to last forever. Mine have been holding up for many years, since I fixed them.

StantheMan

The repair post inspired me to buy some black suede and glue it to the door panels with a gray welt to highlight the suede. I have had it on now for over two years, hot summers and cold winters in Colorado. The repair post works well and I have not had any problems with the material coming off.